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H0593.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
FIREFIGHTERS - RETIREMENT - Amends existing law to authorize paid
firefighters to purchase service credits from the Firefighter's Retirement
System if the firefighter had been laid off between January 1, 1978, and
December 31, 1981, due to reductions in work force.
02/16 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/24 3rd rdg - PASSED - 59-0-11
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(20), Gagner, Hadley, Hansen(23), Hansen(29),
Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
Taylor, Tilman, Trail(Miller), Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Callister, Deal, Field(13), Geddes, Gould,
Hammond, Kellogg, Linford, Montgomery, Stone, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Marley
Title apvd - to Senate
02/25 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/30 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Andreason
Title apvd - to House
03/31 To enrol
04/03 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/04 Pres signed - to Governor
04/14 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 322
Effective: 07/01/00
H0593
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 593
BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT FUND; AMENDING SECTION 72-1444, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN SERVICE CREDITS FOR BREAKS IN
4 SERVICE RESULTING FROM TERMINATIONS DUE TO REDUCTIONS IN WORK FORCE AND TO
5 MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 72-1444, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 72-1444. REFUND TO FIREFIGHTER TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT -- REPAYMENT ON
10 REEMPLOYMENT -- CONVERSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS -- PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDITS.
11 (1) If the employment of a paid firefighter, irrespective of date of hire, as
12 defined in this chapter, is terminated for any reason prior to the completion
13 of twenty (20) years of service, and he cannot qualify for benefits under any
14 other provision of this chapter, he shall be entitled to receive at the time
15 of said termination one hundred percent (100%) of his accumulated contribu-
16 tions. If such firefighter is subsequently reemployed as a paid firefighter
17 with duties which involve or are incidental to fire-fighting firefighting, he
18 may reinstate his previous credited service by repaying to the retirement fund
19 the full amount of his accumulated contributions provided such repayment
20 includes payment of interest as determined by the board.
21 (2) In lieu of withdrawing his accumulated contributions as provided in
22 subsection (1) of this section, a paid firefighter may elect to convert his
23 accumulated contributions to an equivalent benefit entitlement under the pro-
24 visions of chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, as if such contributions had been
25 made by the firefighter at the contribution rate of a paid firefighter under
26 the provisions of chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code; this conversion will nor-
27 mally result in a higher "years of service" factor than the firefighter actu-
28 ally served under the provisions of chapter 14, title 72, Idaho Code. It is
29 legislative intent that this is precisely the effect to be achieved.
30 (3) No paid firefighter may elect to proceed under the provisions of sub-
31 section (2) until he has been personally interviewed and advised by the direc-
32 tor of the public employee retirement system, or his designee, on the choices
33 available. The firefighter may be accompanied during such interview by any
34 person of his choice.
35 (4) Paid firefighters who did not participate as a member of the system
36 between January 1, 1978, and December 31, 1981, because of termination from
37 employment due to reductions in work force may purchase service credits for
38 all or part of that period. The cost of such service credit shall be the full
39 actuarial cost as determined by the board and shall be paid in full prior to
40 the effective date of retirement. The employer may elect, but is not required,
41 to participate in purchasing service credit under this section. In no event
42 shall the retirement system be liable for payment of any such costs. Termina-
43 tions from employment due to a reduction in work force are limited to termina-
2
1 tions that resulted from the elimination of a position due to budgetary con-
2 straints.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09909
This bill amends section 77-1444, Idaho Code, to provide for the purchase of
certain service credit for breaks in service resulting from termination due to
reduction in work force.
Due to the passage of the 1% initiative in 1978, many Boise Firefighters were laid
off due to budgetary constraints. These firefighters are under the Firefighter's
Retirement Fund (FRF). This amendment is intended to allow firefighters who
were laid off, the opportunity to "buy back" the time they were not employed by
the fire department.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Dennis Doan
Phone: (208)381-0042
Professional Fire Fighters of Idaho (PFFI)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 593